47148Re: [Dutch Oven Cooking] Re: cleaning a dutch oven

> Here is how I do it. Take a large PLASTIC tub and
> put the dutchoven
> in it. Submurge the oven in water until there is
> about two inches of
> water over the top of the oven. Now mix in 2 cups of
> Arm & Hammer
> clothes washing soap in the water. Next clamp a
> steel rod of some
> sort to the side of the tub, don't let it touch the
> oven. I use a
> piece of rebar but it dosen't really matter as long
> as it is bare
> steel. Now take a 12 volt battery charger and place
> the NEGATIVE
> clamp onto the rim of the oven farthest away from
> the rod. Place the
> POSITIVE clamp to the rod. Plug er in. What this
> does is set up
> electrolysis. It will clean the pot while
> sacrificing the steel rod
> (sacrifical anode). It doesn't matter what the
> amperage of the
> battery charger is because the whole getup won't
> draw but maby 2 amps
> at first, then fall off to nearly nothing. Leave er
> in thar for 3
> days. Yep, 3 days. then scrub it real good with
> steel wool and clear
> water and you will have a bare steel pot. Be sure
> and season it
> imediately because it will rust fast. I do the pot
> first, then I do
> the lid seperately. It takes 6 days to do both
> pieces but it is
> really worth it if the oven is really dirty. The
> water and soap
> solution can be used over and over.
> To season the oven rub it good with salad oil and
> bake it one hour
> at 350 degrees. Warning, it makes a lot of smoke. I
> do it outside in
> a gas grill. Let cool slowly , then wipe it down all
> over with
> mineral oil. Thats right, mineral oil. It never goes
> rancid.
> If you clean both pieces then you will have to
> season each piece
> seperately as you clean them.
> Good luck, Melvin
>
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